Letter to the Editor: Castle Law

Tuesday

Sep 17, 2013 at 3:20 PM

Arkansas lawmakers should hang their heads in shame for not passing a castle law to protect that officer like 34 other states have done.

Larry Harr

Criminals were breaking into cars. The police were called to stop it. When an officer arrived on scene, the criminals tried to kill him. The officer acted in self defense to save his life from this criminal attack, as any one of us would do. Now, a Little Rock prosecutor is trying to make a criminal of this police officer. His actions against this officer are, at the least, outrageous and disgusting. The officer was doing his job and risking his life to do it. That prosecutor should be made to go out at night and stop car break-ins as this police officer was doing when the criminals tried to kill him!

Every citizen in the state of Arkansas, who is thankful that the men in blue risk their lives to protect the public, should rally behind that officer and help him in any way they can. If you’re as outraged as I am, I ask you to call the Pulaski County prosecuting attorney’s office and ask why they are treaing a police officer this way. Also ask what charges were being sought against the criminals that attempted to end this officer’s lifel

Arkansas lawmakers should hang their heads in shame for not passing a castle law to protect that officer like 34 other states have done. David Sterling has said that once elected attorney general of Arkansas he would propose a stand your ground law like those other 34 states have to protect our police officers and law-abiding citizens from criminal attack.